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Ampere :: Ampere (n.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere..

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

Hogget :: Hogget (n.) A young boar of the second year.

Whitling :: Whitling (n.) A young full trout during its second season.

By-law :: By-law (n.) A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside..

Reprint :: Reprint (v. t.) To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.

Yearling :: Yearling (n.) An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses..

Secondarily :: Secondarily (adv.) In a secondary manner or degree.

Sixteenth :: Sixteenth (n.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary..

Reconversion :: Reconversion (n.) A second conversion.

Refashion :: Refashion (v. t.) To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.

Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..

Stickler :: Stickler (v. t.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.

Locellate :: Locellate (a.) Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones..

Tridiapason :: Tridiapason (n.) A triple octave, or twenty-second..

Back :: Back (v. i.) To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend..

Siamang :: Siamang (n.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web..

Pinus :: Pinus (n.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine..

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

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